On November 22nd, commemorating the secretive conception of the Federal Reserve System, a growing movement of citizens concerned with this country's fiscal policies will gather in 39 cities nationwide at each Federal Reserve location to demand an end to the Fed, return to sound monetary policy, and an end to corporate bailouts. In Washington, DC, they will gather across the street from the Board of Governors of the Fed at 20th and Constitution at 1pm. Denied a permit to protest on Federal Reserve grounds by the Fed's Public Affairs Office on the basis that it is private property, the rally with a stage and amplification system will be held across the street with a permit granted by the Parks Department. National coordination is being provided by Aaron Russo's Restore the Republic (restoretherepublic.net) and more information can be found at endthefed.us.
Speakers will include Gary Franchi of Restore the Republic to discuss his organizational plans for furthering this issue and the duty of all patriotic Americans to get involved. Kevin Zeese, former US Senate candidate, current Executive Director of Break the Bailout, (breakthebailout.com) will talk about building a broad coalition to stop further "theft from the taxpayers." Tony Teolis, veteran of the First Gulf War, member of Veterans For Peace (veteransforpeace.org) will show how the Fed is the primary enabler of our destructive interventionist foreign policy. Rick Williams is a founder of BreakTheMatrix, (breakthematrix.com) and serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Basic Media, Inc. From the Center for Economic and Social Justice, (cesj.org) Norman G. Kurland, President of the Board of Directors, and former Congressman, the Hon. Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy will outline an alternative just economic system. Paul-Martin Foss, Legislative Assistant to Congressman Ron Paul, will explain pending legislation H.R. 2755 and what the movement can do to support it.
Organizer Debbie Krueger is a former Marine, and a mother of 5, living in Delaware. She was a real estate agent, when she witnessed the bottom dropping out of the housing markets across the country, and decided something needed to be done. Her research led her to the conclusion that the Federal Reserve System is at the heart of the crisis. "I am devoting my time to help shed light on the Federal Reserve, and to find solutions that will bring us back to financial policies that will benefit Americans the most."
Co-organizer and performer for the rally Jordan Page is a young poet, singer/songwriter, guitarist, political activist, and social commentator who has become an outspoken voice promoting freedom and liberty. The hyper-inflation of American currency, the funding of worldwide interventionist military policies, the unconstitutional income tax, the recent bailout, and the engineered economic depressions the Fed causes have all motivated Jordan's involvement in this most historic citizens' movement. "Please stand up for the Constitution on November 22nd and help us to support HR 2755 calling for the abolition of the Federal Reserve."
Adam Kokesh will serve as master of ceremonies at the rally. He is from Santa Fe, NM and served in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004 and has been a vocal critic of the war since leaving the US Marines. He has continued to honor his oath to support and defend the Constitution by taking on those he sees as its domestic enemies, especially the Federal Reserve System. He has also advocated various forms of nonviolent resistance including not paying taxes. "As long as the Federal Reserve System has the power to create money from nothing, the individual income tax is nothing more than a means to oppress and enslave the American people. As with all forms of tyranny, Americans have a duty to resist this injustice."
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This will be at Federal Reserve offices in more than 30 locations across the country, check the www.endthefed.us link. Ron Paul will be at the one in Houston.
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spinnikerca (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 7 comments) on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:20:36 PM
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Linda Gonzales (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 18 comments) on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:04:48 PM
If you want to do away with fiat money, and depend on gold reserves, then the whole world will be driven into a much deeper depression, and might not get out, just like the late Roman Empire, about which I have a website at http:www.roman-empire-america-now.com
The problem with gold as the basis of a currency is that there is too little of it, and too much of it is used for other things, like jewelry. It's also not that secure. The Senators of the late Roman Empire had huge caches of gold coins, but the barbarians, who had been paid by the Empire, carried off the gold when they felt the pay wasn't high enough. End of gold caches, end of Senators' wealth, end of Empire.
When you do not have a regulating bank system, and only species-based currency, you give over control of the economy to the gold producers--in places like Russia and South Africa, especially to one corporation: DeBeers. Now how is that an improvement over a currency system that can be expanded or contracted as the economy needs it?
I agree that the Fed should be made more of a government entity and no longer be a private bank, and it should be subject to more Congressional and executive scrutiny, but you can't convince me, as an Economist, that eliminating the Fed and having an unregulated currency would be better. Either it would have to be anchored to gold/silver/whatever precious metal, or it would be whatever the Treasury Secretary said it was. Would that be better?
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Douglas Smyth (27 articles, 5 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 90 comments [7 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:40:28 PM
You're making quite a few assumptions about this movement. I suggest you visit the website endthefed.us and review some of the material there. There are many different options and proposed plans that I believe you will find interesting and inspiring.
I myself am partical to Richard C. Cooks recomendations in "We Hold These Truths: Hope for Monetary Reform" click here there are many different people weighing in with very creative and vastly better systems than what we have been given.
I hope that you, as an Economist and Citizen, participate to the fullest extent in this peaceful revolution and renaissance of ideas.
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Linda Gonzales (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 18 comments) on Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:49:42 PM
I don't know enough about banking and money to be able to offer a solution to the problem of "The Fed," but I do know that we should not pay interest to a private bank for printing our own money, whether it be fiat or gold backed or whatever. And certainly the "central" bank of the United States should not be a private banking cartel, which the Fed is.
Interest payments on our debt is the second or third largest single item in our budget. It makes no sense. Debt is slavery.
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B York (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 119 comments [12 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:46:35 AM
Have you watched the Money Masters yet? click here it came out about 10 years ago now, but it gave me a very basic explanation and history of the control of currancy and issuance. It certainly is not the end all of knowledge, but people seem to watch it and get interest in the topic enough to investigate further, which is the most important.
There is a lot of really interesting dialoge going on right now because of our current economic problems. Dialoge that may not have occurred unless we had these problems, so in a way I'm grateful for the education. I hope you take the time to explore and participate in this movement toward a free and liberated monetary system.
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Linda Gonzales (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 18 comments) on Thursday, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:00:49 PM
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